Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Why I love Mad Men

1. Cinematography

2. The fact that they use no violence or language (albeit the graphic non-nude sex) and still have my full attention*.

3. The originality in the sense that they use 60's society as irony (both comically and dramatically)**.

4. The story-line moves as follows:
-Dramatic moment
-Dramatic moment with social irony
-Dramatic moment with cigarettes
-Dramatic moment
-Dramatic moment with cocktails
-Dramatic moment with cigarettes and cocktails

5. I want to drink and smoke constantly with the progression of the episode... and possibly wear a skinny tie.

6. It makes our grandparents look hip and attractive.

7. Jon Hamm in general. He makes me want to go through the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

*Which is FUCKING HARD

**Example: During the season finale when Betty found out she was pregnant, you felt such disparity for her strictly for the fact that Don had taken off and living in the 60s as a single mother (which was fucking ominous to comprehend then)

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